https://open.spotify.com/track/6V5oQ4fCgsD3QyXJMWyIfU?si=3aZeyb95TxqO1CPobzHeKQ
Eugen d'Albert, Komponist
10.04.1864 - 03.03.1932
#otd
#dotd
#classicalmusic
#greatvoicesofthepast
@classicalmusic
Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor
24.07.1921 - 03.03.2008
#otd
#dotd
#classicalmusic
#greatvoicesofthepast
@classicalmusic
https://youtu.be/CDydcMVUDF8?si=qF8rJDku0EnOvs0f
Albert Lortzing, Komponist
+21.01.1851
Aus der Oper "Der Waffenschmied":
"Auch ich war ein Jüngling"
Gottlob Frick, Bass
#DOTD: Qin Gui 秦觀 (1049–1100), #Chinese #poet of the Song 宋 (960–1279). #ChineseLiterature
纖雲弄巧，飛星傳恨，銀漢迢迢暗度。金風玉露一相逢，便勝卻人間無數。
柔情似水，佳期如夢，忍顧鵲橋歸路。兩情若是久長時，又豈在朝朝暮暮。
——秦觀〈鵲橋仙〉
#DOTD: Manuel Teixeira 文德泉 (1912–2003), priest, #historian, and authority on the #Portuguese-#Malay #creole and endangered #language Kristang. Born in #Portugal he spent most of his life in #Singapore #新加坡 and #Macau #澳門. #SoutheastAsia #colonialism #Malaysia #linguistics
#DOTD: Yang You 楊侑 (605–619), Emperor Gong of Sui 隋恭帝 (r. 617–618), last and puppet emperor of the Sui 隋 (581–618) installed by the Tang 唐 (618–907) founder Li Yuan 李淵 (566–635, Tang Gaozu 唐高祖, r. 618–626).
#DOTD: Li Chen/Yi 李忱/怡, Tang Xuānzong 唐宣宗 (r. 846–59), 3th(?) son of Xianzong 憲宗 and uncle of the previous three emperors. He reverses the anti-Buddhist policies of Wuzong 武宗 (r.). Called 'Little Taizong' 小太宗, he is the last capable ruler of the Tang 唐.
#DOTD: Chen Mengjia 陳夢家 (1911–suicide 1966), #Chinese scholar of palaeography and archaeology, an expert on oracle bones #甲骨文 and bronze inscriptions #金文 from the Yin-Shang 殷商 period (16th–11th cent. BCE). #CulturalRevolution #文化大革命 #ModernChina
#DOTD: Fu Lei 傅雷 (1908–1966), translator of #French literature into #Chinese who, together with his wife Zhu Meifu 朱梅馥 (1913–1966), committed suicide in the #CulturalRevolution #文化大革命. Renowned for the letters to their son 傅雷家書, the pianist Fu Cong 傅聰 (1934–2020).
#DOTD (2024/08/30): Qian Mu 錢穆 (1895–1990), one of the most important intellectual #historians of the twentieth century. #ModernChina #國史大綱 New #Confucianism #宋明理學
#DOTD (2024/08/29): Pang Tong 龐統 (179–214), adviser to Liu Bei 劉備 (161–223) who was killed during the latter's conquest of Shu 蜀 (Sichuan 四川). The "Fledgling Phoenix" 鳳雛 of the two military geniuses prophesied to Liu, the other being "Sleeping Dragon" (= Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮).
#DOTD: Yang Kuan 楊寬 (1914–2005), #classicist and #historian of pre-imperial 先秦 #ChineseHistory. A member of the Doubting Antiquity/Debates on Ancient History Group #古史辨派, he is one of the greatest scholars of the Warring States 戰國 period (475–221) in #ModernChina
#DOTD: Su Shi #蘇軾 (1037–1101), aka 'Eastern Slope' #東坡, poet, politician, scientist, and a true '#Renaissance man' of the Song #宋. One of the most-cited authors in #ChineseLiterature, he also gave his name to a Hangzhou delicacy, Dongpo Pork Belly #東坡肉.
#DOTD: Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳 (1894–1961), superstar of Peking Opera 京劇 known for the portrayal of female 旦 roles. On his tours during the 1930s, he met celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin and Paul Robeson.
#DOTD: Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤 (1017–1073), founding figure of #NeoConfucianism (#Daoxue #道學 #LiXue #宋明理學), renowned for his illustration of the cosmic forces #YinYang #陰陽 in the #Taijitu #太極圖
. #儒 #儒學 #儒家 #Classicism #ClassicsTwitter #MedievalTwitter #Confucianism
#DOTD: Zheng Zhengqiu 鄭正秋 (1889–1935), pioneer filmmaker of #ChineseCinema.
#DOTD in #ModernChina: Hu Xiansu 胡先驌 (1894–1968), #Chinese botanist and co-founder of the journal #CriticalReview #學衡, in whose first issue he severely criticised attempts by Hu Shih #胡適 (no relation) and others to write poetry in the Modern Vernacular #白話文. #新文化運動
